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Evaluate your Calving Distribution The Midwest Cattleman · March 11, 2021 · P23

Front-loading your calving window has plenty of benefits.
by Linda Geist, University of Missouri Extension
Record calf birth dates this Second, early born calves
calving season to track calving have longer to gain weight. This
distribution. gives the owner more pounds of
“Evaluating a calving distri- calf to sell and bigger profits at
bution takes very little time but marketing time.
can provide valuable insight into Payne says weaning weights
reproductive performance and collected from a northwestern
productivity of the herd,” says Missouri operation in the fall of
University of Missouri (MU)
Extension veterinarian Craig continued on page 30
Payne.
Calving distribution is often
expressed as the percentage of
calves born at 21-day intervals,
because 21 days is the average
length of the estrous cycle in cat-
tle.
Payne tracks calving distri-
butions as part of a three-year
project to help beef producers
improve whole-herd recordkeep-
ing. This is important for two
reasons, he says.
First, dams of early-born
calves have more time to recover
before the next breeding season.
They will likely be cycling at the
beginning of the breeding sea-
son and have a better chance of
becoming pregnant.

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